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Chicago Breakwater and Pierhead light In 2005, the light was declared excess by the Coast Guard. It was offered at no cost to eligible entities, including federal, state, and local agencies, non-profit corporations, and educational organizations under the provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
In a more narrow sense, the Chicago Harbor is that artificial harbor on Lake Michigan located at the mouth of the Chicago River bounded by outer breakwaters to the north and east, Northerly Island to the south, and the Chicago shoreline to the west. The main entrance to this harbor is marked by the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.
Gary Harbor Breakwater Light: Gary: N/A 1911 Unknown Active Modern beacon Unknown Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light: Hammond: 1920 (Former) 1935 (Current) Unknown Active Unknown 78 ft (24 m) Michigan City Breakwater Light: Michigan City: N/A 1904 Never 1909 (Destroyed) None
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The Chicago Harbor Lock, also known as the Chicago River & Harbor Controlling Works, is a stop lock and dam located within the Chicago Harbor in Chicago, Illinois at the mouth of the Chicago River. It is a component of the Chicago Area Waterway System , and is used to control water diversion from Lake Michigan into the river and for navigation.
Chicago and North Western Railway Power House; Chicago Bee Building; Chicago Board of Trade Building; Chicago Building; Chicago Cultural Center; Chicago Defender Building; Chicago Harbor Light; Chicago Pile-1; Chicago Theatre; Chicago Varnish Company Building; City Hall-County Building; Civic Opera House (Chicago) Colvin House; Congress Theater
The lighthouse marks the extreme northwestern corner of Indonesia, Weh Island. Breueh was devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami, but the lighthouse was far above the waves, although some of its support buildings were destroyed. There are ecotours to the island, and the light station is accessible by road. [3] Pulau Batu Mandi / Batu Mandi [2]
Each volume of the Light List contains aids to navigation in geographic order from north to south along the Atlantic coast, from east to west along the Gulf coast, and from south to north along the Pacific coast. It lists seacoast aids first, followed by entrance and harbor aids listed from seaward.